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Bugár gifts cartoons to Blair, Bush
WHATEVER British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush expected from their recent meetings with top Slovak officials, cartoons ridiculing Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic president of Belarus who has been called "the last dictator in Europe", probably didn't figure high on the list.But thanks to Béla Bugár, the acting speaker of the Slovak parliament, two of the world's most powerful leaders are now the proud owners of the animated work of Martin "Shooty" Šútovec, a cartoonist for the Slovak daily SME.
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Umělec settles down in London
THE INTERNATIONAL Czech-based art magazine Umělec celebrated the grand opening of its new office in London on March 11. To mark the occasion, it also opened the Girls exhibition, a selection of Czech and Slovak video art that visitors to Café Prague on London's Kingsland Road can watch until March 23.London is the third location, after Prague and Berlin, through which the magazine plans to improve its distribution and seek new ideas for articles
Trade deficit lurches higher
SLOVAKIA only had a few weeks to bask in its glowing economic growth figures for 2005 before receiving a cold shower in the form of ominous preliminary foreign trade results for January 2006.
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- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- When to shop over Easter: Opening hours for supermarkets in Slovakia
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- “Return not,” the ocean cried. But I returned for her
- Prices surge in Slovakia as inflation hits 15-month high
- US giant pulls plug on Slovak factory, axing 137 jobs
- Cockroaches and crumbling toilets greet seven-year-old battling serious virus
- When to shop over Easter: Opening hours for supermarkets in Slovakia
- German shoemaker Lowa joins wave of factory closures in Slovakia
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- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- “Return not,” the ocean cried. But I returned for her
- German shoemaker Lowa joins wave of factory closures in Slovakia
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- Prices surge in Slovakia as inflation hits 15-month high
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- When to shop over Easter: Opening hours for supermarkets in Slovakia
- US giant pulls plug on Slovak factory, axing 137 jobs
- Cockroaches and crumbling toilets greet seven-year-old battling serious virus
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- “Return not,” the ocean cried. But I returned for her
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- German shoemaker Lowa joins wave of factory closures in Slovakia
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- Smer MEP tells Slovaks to learn the EU’s rules – so they can break free from Brussels
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